The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-03
FACT AND FANCY,

A Key West, Fla, uispatcn says thcrc n"s
been no fever there since the LIST inst.
The Chinese population Of San Francisco, II
is stated, Is larger now than ever before.
A 2year.old horse recently swan six miles
across n lake near Seattle, Washington terri
tory
The government OF Guatemala offers all
possible facilities to vessels trading on lie
coasts
Creosotcd pine ties are considered moro
valuable than oak by many southern
engineers.
A meeting In favor Of the abolition o
slavery was recently prohibited by the govern
ment of Brazil
Fleas, one who has tried Il asserts, may be
driven away by scattering -four OF sulphur
literally about.
Large numbers OF German cmigranis are on
their way 10 central California, witcrc ines
propose to form colony
The thrilling story Of the tarautuia duel L
pronounced an artistic AMI wclldcvclopcd III
by The 4lcnicdn FinaHcicr.
The general government OF Columbia has
determined TO erect for account OF The hat'ol
lighthouse near the entrance 10 the 'n'ath
Of the canal ut Colon.
A wildcat killed In Clay county, Mississippi
one day recently. by j. n. Cogdell, measarcd
from the end of its mustacbe to the UP ol US
tail ) feet aud II inches, and weighed 59ys
pounds.
The first viii of an Indian ever filed in the
courts OF Washington territori was admitted
to probate Monday at Tacoma. His namt
was Milton Fisher He died on the Puyallul
reservation six months ago.
The recent discover of several valuable
sprlurs of different mineral waters IN Costa
Rlca has caused the government to issue = DC
cree declaring all suca to be the properly OF
the state and ordering that in future none
shall be transferred to private ownership.
Kno,e house, Seven Oaks, the seat OF Lore
Sackvllc. which recently came near being de-
stroycd by fire was u place of considerable,
note even before the days Of Edward !. ano
D'Urlcy says Ia aluding to IT, that 'hnoi'
most famous in Kent still Appears, were
mansions surveyed for a thousand long years
The stables were known as the kings stabc'
ever since King Henry Wills time, although
he was probably not the first and he certainly
was not the last monarch who visited INC
place That potentate so much admired tht
situation of the house that in royal fashion III
forced the archbishop, "My Lord Cranlncr'
TO make him present OF knole. Cranuci
tried to induce Henry to think the residenc,
too small, hut the king answered; MARY
will live at Kuolen That settled the question
and the archb shop forthwith made over tht
property TO him.
Chattanooga is greatly excited over iailt
eure. which, 1t Is SAID, took place Saturday
night For n year aud half Mrs. w.
Jordan has been utterly helpless, and during
all of that time has been confined TO her pea
An emlssary 10 the Christian Science, OF Dos
ton, arrived In the city Saturday, ana prayer
service lasting two hours was held In the room
OF the sick woman. She joined heartily III INC
service and all ut once arose from her oed
put on her clothes, and left the house. ST.,
walked distance OF ten squares uhMueu
Sunday morning. she attended church for tux
first lime In two years When she cntercc
church II decided sensation was created hci
own ewes Mrs. jordan Is IL firm believer III
the faith cure. She has been unable TO lenys
her bed for over eighteen months. The ailair
has caused genuine sensation.
1h... nomenclature OF towns aud cities In
this country, writes II Washington corresponds
ent Is full OF pecullar.tics, not the least Of
which are those names which mslead one as
to location by following the name OF stiite.
During President Arthur's administration
there was an incident which pointedly Nus
tratcd this phase. The term OF u govern
ment officer had expired at Michigan City'
He was under the treasury department, one
OF the heads OF which wrote 70 the senator
from Michigan, o. ID. Conger, asking whethct
the man should be reapponted or whether
the senator would recommend another. Sena
tor Congcr replied that he would like few
DAYS In which To ascertain the wishes or his
when lie would report to the de-
.partment. In about n week letter came
from him in which he stated that he had dis
covered that Michigan City was not In Mich-
gun, but In Indiana, aud that he thought he
would not invade Senator Harrison's BALL
wick with suggestions. Neither he nor the
treasury official had at first been aware OF thf
fact, aud tue name had mised them both.
In the geological garden at Philadelphia is
hog deer which has Of late become very
savage Sunday he amused himself by ut
lacking his family aud soaring his mate out Of
her wits. He wound up his spree by iufiictinr
two severe cuts on the body OF Mrs. Deer,
nnd then the superintendent decided thai
something must he done to tame him. -Four
Keepers were ordered TO enter the Enclosure
and remove the animals antlers. After mucn
difficulty they succeeded in catching the deer,
and his horns were speedily saved of at the
base. After the operation the ceer lay DOVE
In a corner OF the Enclosure, where he was